Arcademic Game Descriptions

Ratio Blaster

Type: Single-player
Content: Ratio Equivanency
NCTM Standards Strand: Numbers & Operations: Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems

Ratio Blaster provides practice in finding equal ratios. Invading spaceships with addition problems move down from the top of the screen toward a laser cannon on a platform at the bottom. Answers are placed in the cannon to “equalize” the invader with the correct answer. If a spaceship reaches the cannon range before equalized with the right answer, the cannon is exploded. The player must match the answer to the appropriate problem by moving the cannon before firing. Hits and misses are recorded on the terrain at the bottom of the screen.

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System Requirements:
OS: Windows, MAC
Recent Internet Browser: IE, Firefox, Safari
Flash Player

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